The Critics Choice Award nominees were announced this morning. This group is . . . questionable, for lack of a better word, and they do tend to go for cutesy stunts in their desperate quest to become the new Golden Globes, but never quite get there. Nevertheless, they have been quite good at rewarding performances and films that later go on to obtain if not Foreign Press recognition, some Oscar love.
Rob Marshall's "Nine" leads this year's nominees (including a nomination in the supporting actress category for ITG's perennial favorite, Marion Cotillard). And finally some love for "Inglourious Basterds," as the film also garners 10 nominations, including one for the magnificent Christopher Waltz. Here's the full list:
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Nine
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney – “Up In The Air”
Colin Firth – “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman – “Invictus”
Viggo Mortensen – “The Road”
Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker”
BEST ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – “The Young Victoria”
Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”
Carey Mulligan – “An Education”
Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious”
Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon – “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger”
Christian McKay – “Me And Orson Welles”
Alfred Molina – “An Education”
Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard – “Nine”
Vera Farmiga – “Up In The Air”
Anna Kendrick – “Up In The Air”
Mo’Nique – “Precious”
Julianne Moore – “A Single Man”
Samantha Morton – “The Messenger”
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Jae Head – “The Blind Side”
Bailee Madison – “Brothers”
Max Records – “Where The Wild Things Are”
Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Road”
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Precious
Star Trek
Up In The Air
BEST DIRECTING
Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron – “Avatar”
Lee Daniels – “Precious”
Clint Eastwood – “Invictus”
Jason Reitman – “Up In The Air”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “A Serious Man”
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – “(500) Days Of Summer”
Bob Peterson, Peter Docter – “Up”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach – “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – “District 9”
Geoffrey Fletcher – “Precious”
Tom Ford, David Scearce – “A Single Man”
Nick Hornby – “An Education”
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – “Up In The Air”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barry Ackroyd – “The Hurt Locker”
Dion Beebe – “Nine”
Mauro Fiore – “Avatar”
Andrew Lesnie – “The Lovely Bones”
Robert Richardson – “Inglourious Basterds”
BEST ART DIRECTION
Dan Bishop – “A Single Man”
Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg – “Avatar”
John Myhre, Gordon Sim – “Nine”
Naomi Shohan, George De Titta, Jr. – “The Lovely Bones”
David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco – “Inglourious Basterds”
BEST EDITING
Dana E. Glauberman – “Up In The Air”
Sally Menke – “Inglourious Basterds”
Bob Murawski, Chris Innis – “The Hurt Locker”
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar”
Claire Simpson, Wyatt Smith – “Nine”
More after the jump.
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood – “Nine”
Janet Patterson – “Bright Star”
Sandy Powell – “The Young Victoria”
Anna Sheppard – “Inglourious Basterds”
Casey Storm – “Where The Wild Things Are”
BEST MAKEUPAvatar
District 9
Nine
The Road
Star Trek
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
The Lovely Bones
Star Trek
2012
BEST SOUND
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Nine
Star Trek
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Princess And The Frog
Up
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
BEST COMEDY(500) Days Of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
The Proposal
Zombieland
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Gifted Hands
Grey Gardens
Into The Storm
Taking Chance
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
Coco Before Chanel
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
The White Ribbon
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
BEST SONG
“All Is Love” – Karen O, Nick Zinner – “Where The Wild Things Are”
“Almost There” – Randy Newman – “The Princess And The Frog”
“Cinema Italiano” – Maury Yeston – “Nine”
“(I Want To) Come Home” – Paul McCartney – “Everybody’s Fine”
“The Weary Kind” – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham – “Crazy Heart”
BEST SCORE
Michael Giacchino – “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch – “The Informant!”
Randy Newman – “The Princess and the Frog”
Karen O, Carter Burwell – “Where The Wild Things Are”
Hans Zimmer – “Sherlock Holmes”
Monday, December 14, 2009
AFI Nominations: Nine Scores Ten
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They're such a large group they're kind of hard to pigeonhole, but yeah if you look at the list of members, they're watered down with a lot of entirely useless human beings. Lots of local news idiots.
Yet, they're a pretty reliable indicator of which way Oscar leans so they're useful for the predicting types.
It's a pretty uninspiring list overall, though I'm ok with all the films. Glad to see Marvin Hamlisch getting some love for Informant abd the more mainstreamy Broken Embraces, Coco and Red Cliff for best foreign.
The Weinsteins seem to have stuffed up Marion's chances for an Oscar nomination with another category fraud a la Winslet.
Another annoyance in what seems quite a weak year - funny they should expand the best picture nominees to 10 this year.
So they're running her for Supporting now, loom? I thought Marion was being campaigned for as lead and the rest of the ladies for supporting, but yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if they pull another one of their specialty category frauds (even if I am pulling for that particular actress, as I was with Winslet and would most likely be for Cotillard, lol).
I read on AwardsDaily that she's being campaigned as lead which she won't have much of a chance in cause of lack of screen time, so Penelope Cruz will get the nomination of the Nine ladies which Marion otherwise would have got had she been listed in supporting.
I never really understood the people who said The Reader was a supporting performance, that was obviously one great decision the Academy made. Hopefully the same thing will happen with Marion and they list her in the correct category regardless.
Speaking of Marion, I wasn't a huge fan of Public Enemies, but I thought she did a great job and it's too bad she's not getting any attention for it.
happy jumpy claps for Marion! xD
I thought my movie count was pretty good, until I counted only 4/10 Best picture noms. xD I dunno when I'll be able to watch An Education, Invictus, Nine, A Serious Man and Up in the Air. But I'm watching Avatar tomorrow xD
I'm pretty bummed for the lack of promotion for Max and Mary *sighs* so I'm kind of in the fence for the animated category. Though I've only seen Coraline and Up from there. Have no idea when Disney is planning to release Princess in my country.
Action films, I'm only missing that sneaky Avatar xD and for comedy, I'm 3/5 missing It's Complicated, and Zombieland.
Docus, the same 3/5... missing Anvil and Michael Moore's one.
And so proud to have watched all my foreign films xD Though, as much as I like Audrey Tautou... Coco Avant Chanel was a total disappointment. The White Ribbon or Red Cliff for the win! Though, I heard the international market is getting the super edited version of two-in-one of Red Cliff.
You guys should hold off for the two-part dvd version.
I'll join the Marion parade and will agree with Craig that she did some beautifully subtle work in PE. I'm looking forward to seeing her in "Nine." A fan of musicals, and a fan of "Chicago" as well, I hope I don't walk away disappointed.
We're in the same boat, Amy. I need to see so many movies to catch up it's not even funny. At least I'll be entertained while doing so.
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